Machine for trimming bearings or the like



MACHINE FOR TRIMMING BEARINGS OR THE LIKE Filed Aug. 16, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VEN TOR WM/ mAW/J B K4164123 6 fizz/farm? ATTORNEYS. 5M. 14/ M P 1 3 F. J. FQBERT ET AL 1,375,990

MACHINE FOR TRIMMING BEARINGS OR THE LIKE Filed Aug. 16, 1950. 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTORNEY flaw" Patented Sept. 13, 1932 muse m PHILLIP J. reenter Ann DETROIT OF LIICI-IIGAN This invention has to do ALUMINUM. & BeAss Application filed August with a machine useful for finishingor otherwise-trimming articles such tions are performe H ject of the invention 1s The prinelp al obas bearings.

the provision of a machine wherein a multiplicity of operad substantially at the same time, some of which may be in an automatic manner.

The machine, while being useful for performing operations .on bearin is obviously not limited to use with bearings but for the Fig. 1 1s a top.

e of simplifying the disclosure the be described with reference to plan view of a machine constructed in accordance with the invention illustrating the arrangement of several tools for acting upon abearing.

. 2 is an enlarged Fig stantially on Fig.3 is a section taken subof Fig. 1. p less diagrammatm View line w more or illustrating the operating mechanism.

Fig; 4 is ing. 7 Flg.

a detail in section illustrating the tools in their application upon the bearview showing one tool and its manner of mounting. j

The machine takes the general form of'a lathe having running over an arrangement, as at 4;

a bearing.

ing or be arbor 2 rotatable may be place a ring half to hold it "a supporting frameworkl, an

.as bymeans of belt 3? pulley as'shown. lhis arbor has designed to receive The bearing is" a cylindrical shape having facing metal 5 usually ofbabbitt, and a backing 6 which ma be and usualbronze or steel. We'are speak:

a more or less conventional typeiof of course the metalsmay vary.

d around the bearin place during the time 1t is being acted upon.

As shown in Fig tools advantageously 3 a5 sides of the arbor for I 4 there are sets of cutting positioned on opposite acting upon the 'bea L Lan a One set comprises tools 10 and 10a for trimming the outer tools is'a s faces, and

; e0 12 and 12a which trim the outer edges ofthe tools'll' and lla i for trimming the innerfaces. Opposite these I et of cutting tools comprising farm 53 (Fig. 1) an d which pivots iaround 16, 1939. Serial 110.475,?172.

babbittinwardly radially shaping the same as illustrated at 15; and tools 13 and 130 which bevel the edges of "the flanges 16 0f the backing. '2 The sets of tools are mounted in suitable 2O and 21. advantageous arrangement is to mount the holders so that they can be adjusted. The holder 20 is mounted upon a block 22 in a groove 23 'so'that it can beadjusted in anaxial direction'as regards the arbor in any-well known manner. The block 22 is carried by a member 23 held thereon by means of screws 24. adjusting screw 25 contracts with the block 22, the same being screw threaded in abracket 26 pendicular to the arbor-axis; and theadju'st n ent maybe-maintained by a lock nut'27. There-is a bracket 30 which extends underneath the'a'rbor to either side thereof, and

*ATENT orsion 'for adjusting the block 22 per 7 threads 34 screw threaded-intolug35 of the other supporting that' these screw threads are of different "pitches, and as the shaft is rotated the tool supporting devices are reciprocated; r T he screw shaft is,rotatedthroughsuitable -means as shownin Figs. '1 and 3; the means comprisesfln the present in'stance,of a driving'belt 40 running overpulley 41 mounted onshaft42 which extendsinto a gearbox 43 from which shaft 44 projects carrying a wheel element 45.

' A crank 46 is mounted upon the wheel'45 member. It will be noted and has a jointed connection with a rack 47.

{Rack 47 (Fig 2) meshes with a gear 48 V mounted on the same shaft with a larger gear "49 which in turn meshes with a pinion 50 on the'shaft 31". It is desired that one cycle of operation consists 1 wheel 45, and accordingly aclutch is provided which is automatically thrown out at the end of each'cycle. For this purpose "there is a cam element 51 on the-wheel 45 designed toengage and rockan arm 52 connected to an of one revolution of the V point 54. A spring 55 acts upon arm 53 and holds the clutch 56 engaged. Accordingly, each time the cam rides in under the end of the arm 52 the same is rocked together with arm 53 against action of spring 55 releasing the clutch. To manually reengage the clutch there is provided a rock shaft 57 provided with a handle 58 having a projecting piece 59 which engages the arm 52. By manually rocking the shaft 57 the'piece 59 rocks the arm 52 around point 60 (Fig. 3) thus disengaging it from the cam element 51 permitting the spring 55 to reengage the clutc cycle of operation is as follows:

The machine being at rest with the parts positioned substantially as showniin Figs. 1 and '2' with the bearing in place uponthe rotating. arbor 2the operator rocks theshaft 57 resulting in engagement of clutch 56.- The wheel element 15 now makes one revolution until the cam again throws; out the clutch. The rack 47 reciprocates first in one direction then back. During this time the shaft 31 is rotated to first feed the tools inwardly so that they act upon the bearing and then back to normal open position. In this regard the tools move at different rates of speed due to the different screw pitches so that the desired timingaction is obtained. Due to the larger pitch of screw 32 the tools 10, 10a and 11, 11a move in and dress the inner and outer sides of the flanges 16, and while the tools are substantially innermost as shown in Fig. 4, thisdressing operation isfollowed by the cutting of the groove 15 and the bevelingof the edges by the tools 12, 12a and 13, 13a. As the shaft 31 reverses the tools 12, 12a and.13-, 13a are first to recede from their respective surfaces not because of a higher rate of; speed-butbecause they do'not move .in so far.=- Then following this the tools 10 and ll are retracted with the result that the tools 10 and 10a remove any burr which may be thrown up by. the tools 12and 12a. The sameis true of tools 11 and 11a removing any burr which may be thrown up by the tools 13 and 13a. Upon the completion of a cycle the operator places a new bearing on the arbor and then the operation is performedlover again.

The inner edges of the babbitt material is also trimmed and dressed, and at least one edge is dressed simultaneously in the above described cycle. This is accomplishedby a cutting tool'60, which as shown in Figs. 1 'and 5,'is pivotally' mounted as at 61 and acted upon by spring 62. One end of this spring'is connected to a' fixed pin 63. and the other end of a pin 64 which may extend through the pivot point 61 so that the tool 60 and pin 64 rock in unison. As the dressing toolsmove inwardly toward the bearingv so does the tool 60, as it is mounted upon block 22' and it has a more or less beveled or rounded end.

' 65 which contacts with the arbor, and upon 7 than the inner ting tool, means mounting the cutting tool" 7 less than the interior ing, a piyotally' mounted cutting tool, means further movement the tool is rocked by a cam action between the arbor and the end of the tool against the action of the spring 62. The cutting edge 66 accordingly moves and bevels an inner edge of the bearing, as illus trated in Fig. 4. In the latter half of the cycle the tool 60 returns to its normal posi- .tion, shown in Figs. 1 and 5. Thus a multiplicity of dressing operations are performed. Tobevel the other inner edge of the bearing there is atool 70'reciprocably' mounted'upon guideway 71 which may be now manually moved by the operator to bevel the opposite inward edge, thus completing the treatments of thebearing'.

It may be here mentioned that-heretofore it was necessary for an operator of a machine to reverse the bearing on the arbor in order to bevel both inner edges. In other words, a

toolTO was employed to bevelan inner edge of the bearing, and then complished the bearing removed from the arbor, reverse position and then after this was acwould have to be replaced thereon in the otherinner edge beveledby movingin tool 70; This of course represented a good deal of labor time.- Accordingly, it will be noted that in the present apparatus the bearing need be placed. on the arbor only once, and in one operation several dressing operations cluding the bevel of oneinner edge, andthen the other inner edge can be beveled without removing the hearing. from the arbor.

We claim:

1. A device for of a bearing, compris ing in combination an arbor for holding the bearing, said arbor. having. a portion'the diameterof which is less diameter of the bearing, a cuttomove thesame in toward the-arbor,.said cutting tool having a surface for engaging the arbor for camming the same into cutting relation as regards an inner edge ofthe bearmg.

2'. A machine for performinga cutting operation upon a bearing or the like, comprising a rotatable arbor for holding'the bearing and having. a portion the diameterof'which diameter ofthe bearfo1 mov1n'g.the cuttingv tool into engagement with the arbor whereupon continuedmovement ofthe tool is cammed by the arbor and moved around its pivot point into cutting relation with an inner edge of the bearing.

. 3. Amachine for performing a cutting operation upon a bearingv or the like, comprising a rotatable arbor for holding the bearing. and havinga portion the diameter ofwhich is less than the interior diameter of the bearing, a pivotally mountedc'uttingtool, means for moving the cuttingtool into engagement with the arbor whereupon continued moveme'nt of the tool is cammed by the arbor and are performed in-"" trimming the inner edge movedaround its pivot point into cutting relation with an inner edge of the bearing, and means for holding thetool normally out of cutting relation as regards the inner edge of the bearing.

4. A machine for performing trimming operations upon a bearing or the like, comprising a rotatable arbor for holding the bearing having a portion the diameter of which is less than the interior diameter of the bearing, a movable supporting block, a pivotally mounted tool on the block having a cutting face, spring means for holding said cutting face removed in an axial direction from the bearing, said tool having a surface for engagement with the arbor, and means for moving the block toward the bearing whereby said surface of the tool engages the arbor and cams the same against action of the spring into cutting relation as regards an inner edge of the bearing.

5. A machine for trimming a bearing or the like, comprising in combination a rotatable arbor for supporting the bearing, a support on each side of the arbor, means for moving the supports radially toward and away from the arbor, cutting tools carried by the supports for cutting faces of the bearing, a cutting tool shiftable axially as reards the arbor and movable into cutting relation with an inner edge of the bearing, another cutting tool for inner edge of the bearing located inwardly of the end of the arbor, means movably mounting said last named tool on one of the supports, said last named tool being moved upon its movable mounting when the support upon which it is carried moves toward the arbor whereby said tool is moved into cutting relation as regards said opposite inner edge of the bearing.

6. A machine the like comprising a rotatable arbor for supporting a bearing with one end of the bearing projecting beyond the end of the arbor, an axially movable cutting instrument for cutting the inner peripheral edge of vthe bearing projecting beyond the arbor, a tool support on each side of the arbor, cutting 7 tools carried thereby, means for moving the support toward and away from the arbor so that the cutting tools act upon the bearing, another cutting tool pivotally mounted on one of the supports having a cutting edge axially removed from the end of the bearing inwardly of the end of the arbor, said last named cutting tool being swung on its pivotal mounting as the support upon which it is'mounted moves toward the arbor whereby its cutting edge moves axially toward the bearing and inwardly of the end of the arbor.

7. A machine for trimmin ibe'arings or the like comprising a rotata le arbor for cutting the opposite I into cutting relation with the inner peripheral edge of the bearing located.

supporting a bearing with one end of the bearing projecting beyond the end of the arbor, an axially movable cutting instrument for cutting the inner peripheral edge of the bearing projecting beyond the arbor, a tool support on each side of the arbor, cutting tools carried thereby, means for moving the supports toward and away from the arbor so that the cutting tools act upon the bearing, another cutting tool pivotally mounted on one of the supports having a cutting edge axially removed from the end of the bearing inwardly of the end of the arbor, said last named cutting tool being swung on its pivotal mounting as the support upon which it is mounted moves toward the arbor whereby its cutting edge moves axially toward the bearing and into cutting relation with the inner peripheral edge of the bearing located inwardly of the end of the arbor, said arbor inwardly of its end being of reduced diameter to permit the last mentioned tool to enter between the arbor and the said peripheral edge of the bearing.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

PHILLIP J. FOBERT. ADRIEN J DUCHARME.

for trimming bearings or 

